An integrated case study for evaluating the impacts of an oil refinery effluent on aquatic biota in the Delaware River: Sediment core studies

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 861-877

  Alexander, Clark R ^a   Lee, Richard F ^a   Burton, Dennis T ^b   Hall Jr , Lenwood W ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Be 7; Cs 137; Oil refinery; PAH; Pb 210; Sediment cores

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944496846     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030591009034     Document Type: Article

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